il plaisantait

was joking

→ plaisanter
plaisant to joke, to kid + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #32,916
was joking
FR: Il plaisantait avec ses amis.
EN: He was joking with his friends.
Conjugation of plaisanter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First plaisantais —
Second plaisantais —
Third plaisantait —

Il plaisantait.

He was joking.

Tom plaisantait.

Tom was joking.

Je sais que Tom ne plaisantait pas.

I know Tom wasn't joking.

Je pensais qu'elle plaisantait.

I thought she was joking.

J'ai cru qu'il plaisantait.

I thought he was joking.

Il ne plaisantait pas.

He wasn't joking.

On plaisantait.

We were joking.

Needles et moi, on plaisantait.

Needles and I were joking around.

— Retour vers le futur II (1989)

Elle plaisantait.

She was joking.

Je pensais qu'il plaisantait.

I thought he was joking.

— Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Certes, il plaisantait.

Sure, he was joking.